Season over.
George Hill misses an open 3 badly and then falls asleep at the defensive end to give up a wide open Herro 3. A 6 point swing
Bucks can't get the ball in again, and then blow their last timeout.
Middleton ran out of gas in the 4th, but Miami basically decided someone else was going to beat them.
DDV can't finish at the rim and then chokes on the first FT. That's his weaknesses in a nutshell.
Give him credit for hitting the second, though.
Gee, Van Gundy. 1.9 seconds and the best you can do is overtime? Brilliant statement in a tie game with Miami having the ball.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Gee, Van Gundy. 1.9 seconds and the best you can do is overtime? Brilliant statement in a tie game with Miami having the ball.
No offense but you may want to review some of your recent statements.
@Pikes Peak posted:No offense but you may want to review some of your recent statements.
Game over statement was a bad one, but that's an opinion. The fact that the Bucks were not going to get the ball back was basically undeniable.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Game over statement was a bad one, but that's an opinion. The fact that the Bucks were not going to get the ball back was basically undeniable.
What about they may not score again?
Bucks are all gassed and they just don't have enough size. I'd like to hear what the rationale was for activating DJ Wilson instead of Robin LOpez.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:He was terrible in the Magic series, but he's been more than good enough in this one. People overlook that he's a career 43% 3 point shooter in the playoffs. He absolutely destroys the Celtics.
He comes alive without Giannis.
Everything bad about Bud was exposed in Games 1-3.
Everything good about BUd shows up here. The resiliency and the system that works in the regular season
@Pikes Peak posted:That is a head scratcher
There must be some reason, but if you aren't going to at least play Wilson for 2-3 minutes to give someone else a breather with Giannis gone at some point it was no use activating him.
The reality that Giannis is a decent handling center playing on the wing.
Bucks playing the best they have all series, without Giannis. Coincidence?
They can't overturn that. He clearly hit him on the arm and Lopez' leg didn't even touch Adebayo.
@MNPackman posted:Bucks playing the best they have all series, without Giannis. Coincidence?
Nope! They miss him defensively though
They dont need Giannis’ cheering to win. These are big boys.
Middleton. 36-8-8 in 48 minutes.
Bledsoe was 0-6 from 3 and 6-7 from inside the arc. He should not ever shoot a 3 the rest of however long this series is.
@Goalline posted:They dont need Giannis’ cheering to win. These are big boys.
He was in the locker room congratulating them, so that's good.
Did not see that coming.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Season over.
Personal pet-peeve of mine.
The Bucks finished a game for the first time in a while. Lopez with a few critical plays on both ends down the stretch. Middleton stepping up in OT was critical after he disappeared in the 4th.
No team has ever won a series after being down 3-0. But a few have after 3-1. That’s how they have to look at it now. The Heat hit 17 threes and lost.
Miami will do something different. I don’t expect a Giannis to be there in game 5, and they need to play defense the rest of the series like they did in that 4th Q.
And not to even give credence to bullshit like “they’re better without Giannis” but they do need to think about the critical importance of Middleton being more 1 than 2 on offense. He seems to have found his stroke, so with that he’s a more important player to get going on offense. Giannis’ issues are in his head- maybe he needs to just let go of that pressure of being MJ, and be the Robin on offense. Go get rebounds, loose balls, do the little things.
But there is a risk giving that amount of control to Middleton- he frequently tries to get cute and then is a fucking turnover machine. When the Bucks were moving, getting more baseline cuts (Hill got a few chances there), the offense broke free because everyone was involved. When Giannis is blasting into the paint and everyone stands around the 3 point line waiting for a pass, it’s stagnant.
I still don’t like the small ball lineup, but it looks like they’re staying with it. DJW can defend pretty well- maybe you give him some of Marvin’s minutes.
And Giannis has been so predictable too. How many times was he baited into a pass by the Heat.